This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.
Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies. Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained. We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier. For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).
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Week of Events
Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund
Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund
Maddie's Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare workers and volunteers. While these calls started out as a response to COVID-19, it’s grown into so much more. These calls are a safe place to discuss uncomfortable topics, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Webinar – 7/19/21 – Dealing with Emotions During Busy Hospital Days – VETGirl (fee applies)
Webinar – 7/19/21 – Dealing with Emotions During Busy Hospital Days – VETGirl (fee applies)
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl practice management CE webinar, Amy Newfield, MS, CVT, VTS (ECC) reviews how to handle emotions during a busy veterinary hospital shift. What tools can you use to handle the stress of the busy hospital and still go home happy? Join us as Amy talks about ways to relax in the middle of chaos.
Online Event – 7/20/21 – YouTube LIVE: Top 5 reasons you may need to deliver rapid fluid therapy – VETGirl
Online Event – 7/20/21 – YouTube LIVE: Top 5 reasons you may need to deliver rapid fluid therapy – VETGirl
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl–Veterinary IV Systems YouTube LIVE event, Amy Newfield, MS, CVT, VTS (ECC) reviews the top 5 reason you may need to deliver rapid fluid therapy including the shocky GDV or trauma patient! Tune in to learn what types and rates of fluids you should consider for common emergencies seen in vet med – all over a short lunch or coffee break for yourself!
Online Event – 7/21/21 to 7/22/21 – Leading Change in Team-Based Veterinary Medical Healthcare – AAVMC (fee applies)
Online Event – 7/21/21 to 7/22/21 – Leading Change in Team-Based Veterinary Medical Healthcare – AAVMC (fee applies)
AAVMC Presents (fee applies): This symposium will examine opportunities for enhancing educational programs for DVM students and veterinary nurse/technicians in a way that can broaden, deepen and expand access to clinical care.
Webinar – 9/21/21 – Part 2: Data-Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 9/21/21 – Part 2: Data-Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Now that we have the basics down, let’s look at some examples of “data dashboards” and how they can be used to help drive conversations, gain support, and give leadership a snapshot of how an organization is doing. In this presentation, we will take the foundations from part one and explore ways of applying them to help move our organizations forward in the best way possible for our people and their pets.
Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!
Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!
AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie's Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You'll join AmPA! and HASS Staff and industry leaders, but, more importantly, you'll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.
Webinar – 7/21/21 – “The Need for Veterinary Involvement in the Airline Industry” with Dr. Nelva Bryant – Black DVM Network
Webinar – 7/21/21 – “The Need for Veterinary Involvement in the Airline Industry” with Dr. Nelva Bryant – Black DVM Network
Black DVM Network Presents: Dr. Nelva Bryant is here this month to discuss the need for professional oversite on the many facets of airline travel of animals. During the presentation, she will discuss how having veterinary involvement in the airline industry could benefit animal welfare.
Webinar – 7/21/21 – My emotions are out of control! Managing emotions & staying calm under pressure – VETGirl (fee applies)
Webinar – 7/21/21 – My emotions are out of control! Managing emotions & staying calm under pressure – VETGirl (fee applies)
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Dr. Sally Ryan, will review how to manage emotions in the veterinary clinic…because it’s highly stressful! As leaders, it’s important to be able to manage our emotions so that we lead effectively. In this webinar, learn about the physiology of emotions, how emotions can affect our behavior, common behavioral responses to stress, strategies for managing both emotions & behavior and more.
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Smart Strategies to Raise More for Your Animal Organization – Network for Good
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Smart Strategies to Raise More for Your Animal Organization – Network for Good
Network for Good Presents: You love animals and your donors do too! In the first session of our cause-area based webinar series, Cindy Harris will share her experience in the animal welfare world to help you tackle what to do next.
Online Event – 7/21/21 to 7/22/21 – Leading Change in Team-Based Veterinary Medical Healthcare – AAVMC (fee applies)
Online Event – 7/21/21 to 7/22/21 – Leading Change in Team-Based Veterinary Medical Healthcare – AAVMC (fee applies)
AAVMC Presents (fee applies): This symposium will examine opportunities for enhancing educational programs for DVM students and veterinary nurse/technicians in a way that can broaden, deepen and expand access to clinical care.
Virtual Seminar – Thursdays in June – Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen – CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
Virtual Seminar – Thursdays in June – Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen – CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent…
Webinar – 7/22/21 – The Care, Nurturing and Enrichment of Tame and Feral Volunteers – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 7/22/21 – The Care, Nurturing and Enrichment of Tame and Feral Volunteers – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Volunteers are the life-blood of many organizations. But how do you find these important members of your team? During this webinar, we’ll discuss simple recruiting ideas that won't break the budget, why mentoring is important to your cause, what it takes to retain and maintain long-term volunteers and more.
Online Event – 7/22/21 – The Roundtable: How Loud Can You Bark? Hellraising vs Fundraising – The AAWA
Online Event – 7/22/21 – The Roundtable: How Loud Can You Bark? Hellraising vs Fundraising – The AAWA
The AAWA Presents: Nonprofit social impact orgs can’t compete with the $$$$ budgets big brands dedicate to media buying, production, talent, product, creative, etc. So how can the social good industry raise hell together, to shake it up and find new and innovative ways for nonprofits to compete on the same stage as the big brands? Questions from the audience will follow the roundtable discussion.
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Preventing Owner Surrender: Creating Low Cost Veterinary Services in Your Community, A Face to Face Conversation with Veterinary Medical Experts – HASS
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Preventing Owner Surrender: Creating Low Cost Veterinary Services in Your Community, A Face to Face Conversation with Veterinary Medical Experts – HASS
HASS Presents: Join this virtual, face-to-face event featuring some of the prominent leaders in shelter medicine to unpack how you can provide these services by modifying your shelter’s infrastructure and creating community partnerships. We will talk through the External Facing Medical Care toolkits, answer your biggest questions, and discuss what is next for the future of community-centered veterinary services.
Online Event – 7/22/21 – A Conversation: New Advanced Degree Option for Veterinary Technicians/Nurses – The Bridge Club
Online Event – 7/22/21 – A Conversation: New Advanced Degree Option for Veterinary Technicians/Nurses – The Bridge Club
The Bridge Club Presents: Join The Bridge Club for this exclusive event where we talk with Mark Cushing, CEO of Animal Policy Group, Dr. Stacy Anderson, Dean of Lincoln Memorial and Dr. Jim Lloyd, Former Dean of University of Florida about a new advanced degree option for Veterinary Technicians.
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Eat, Play, Love! Developing Your New Relationship With Your Puppy by Deb Jones – FDSA (fee applies)
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Eat, Play, Love! Developing Your New Relationship With Your Puppy by Deb Jones – FDSA (fee applies)
FDSA Presents (fee applies): Join Deb Jones for a thorough discussion of the most important concepts and skills to introduce to your pup. She’ll talk about the importance of discovering valuable reinforcers while developing your relationship and establishing rules. Her 3 Rs for puppy raising of Relationship, Reinforcers, and Rules will serve as a clear guide for your puppy training in the early days.
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Fighting Fungus with Education: SPORE Program and Finishing School Foster Program – Getting 2 Zero
Webinar – 7/22/21 – Fighting Fungus with Education: SPORE Program and Finishing School Foster Program – Getting 2 Zero
Getting 2 Zero Presents: At many shelters, ringworm can lead to devastating consequences. However, it does not have to be—with proper protocols, it can be safely treated and cured. Join Dr. Laura Mullen from San Francisco SPCA to learn about the SPORE (Shelters Preventing Outbreaks of Ringworm through Education) program.
Online Course – 7/24/21 – ACVB Resident Short Course – ACVB (fee applies)
Online Course – 7/24/21 – ACVB Resident Short Course – ACVB (fee applies)
ACVB Presents (fee applies): The Resident Short Course was created in response to requests for more in-depth coverage of topics of particular interest to residents, and based on resident suggestions.
Online Event – 7/24/21 – Kitten Lady Shares The Joys Of Saving & Fostering Felines – Kitten Lady
Online Event – 7/24/21 – Kitten Lady Shares The Joys Of Saving & Fostering Felines – Kitten Lady
Kitten Lady Presents: Meet Kitten Lady and listen as she explains what you should do if you find an abandoned kitten and shares the joys of being a foster parent to an orphaned kitten or a cuddly kitty family. It is easier than you might think, and giving these tiny, furry beings a real chance at a good life can be very rewarding.